Palestinian engineer resorts to biochar for planting strawberries in West Bank

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Palestinian engineer resorts to biochar for planting strawberries in West Bank

STORY: Palestinian engineer resorts to biochar for planting strawberries in West Bank DATELINE: Feb. 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:53 LOCATION: Gaza CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Shady Atatra at his farm 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): SHADY ATATRA, Agricultural engineer 3. various of Shady Atatra at his farm 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): SHADY ATATRA, Agricultural engineer 5. various of Shady Atatra at his farm 6. various of strawberries STORYLINE: To increase the production of his strawberry crops, the Jenin-based agricultural engineer Shady Atatra has resorted to "black gold" to establish the first-ever biochar farm in the West Bank. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): SHADY ATATRA, Agricultural engineer "The idea started after I built a strawberry greenhouse with biochar, so I built the second greenhouse in cooperation with Dr. Hisham Hajjaj. I collected the required biochar and then added certain types of bacteria that process the charcoal in order to finalize its acidity of it to be suitable for agricultural use." Bi

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